It may be that universal history is the history of the different inton…

Jorge Luis Borges
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It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1964). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, p.192, New Directions Publishing
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Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Donald A. Yates, James East Irby (1964). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, p.28, New Directions Publishing
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It may be that universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1964). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, p.192, New Directions Publishing

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